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Excerpt: Herein lie buried many things which if read with patience may show the strange meaning of being black here at the dawning of the Twentieth Century. This meaning is not without interest to you, Gentle Reader; for the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color line. I pray you, then, receive my little book in all charity, studying my words with me, forgiving mistake and foible for sake of the faith and passion that is in me, and seeking the grain of truth hidden there.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: The Souls of Black Folk, 1 -- W. E. B. Du Bois, 1 -- The Forethought, 1 -- I. Of Our Spiritual Strivings, 2 -- II. Of the Dawn of Freedom, 6 -- III. Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others, 15 -- IV. Of the Meaning of Progress, 22 -- V. Of the Wings of Atalanta, 26 -- VI. Of the Training of Black Men, 31 -- VII. Of the Black Belt, 38 -- VIII. Of the Quest of the Golden Fleece, 46 -- IX. Of the Sons of Master and Man, 55 -- X. Of the Faith of the Fathers, 64 -- XI. Of the Passing of the First?Born, 70 -- XII. Of Alexander Crummell, 73 -- XIII. Of the Coming of John, 77 -- XIV. Of the Sorrow Songs, 85 -- The Afterthought, 90